Bayou Liberty bridge construction, I-10 work near Slidell pushed back due to rain

Due to rain, concrete work on the new Bayou Liberty bridge has been rescheduled for Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday's deluge also forced officials with the state Department of Transportation and Development to scuttle plans to do electrical work on a stretch of westbound Interstate 10 south of Slidell, including part of the twin spans.

That work has been rescheduled for Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Crews will be putting in place some electrical wiring that will be used for permanent navigational lights, which will be installed later this year, said Bruce Perdue, the highway department's assistant district administrator for engineering.

The project will restrict I-10 traffic on the westbound side from two lanes to one lane from the Oak Harbor interchange through the north crossover of the bridge. Officials expect traffic delays to be minimal.

On Louisiana 433, both lanes of the Bayou Liberty bridge west of Slidell will be closed Friday, when workers will pour concrete spans for the two-lane span, officials said. The work was originally scheduled for Tuesday.